Yes. And I recall talk about that then.I was just looking at this yesterday. If Tua finishes that year healthy, then he is probably a unanimous #1 on most people's list. We most likely beat LSU, and a 100% healthy Tua probably throws for 500+ yards in that gsme. He was already at 418, despite being 21/40. We also probably win the national championship, and maybe a Heisman for Tua. He was averaging 315 yards per game, so 5 more games at that pace would have put him about where AJ is for career passing yards. It would have been really close. That injury still pains me to this day. Oh what could have been.
Yes, Gilmer...TY!Did you mean Harry Gilmer instead of Gilmore? He is in the College Football Hall of Fame and was great in his time.
The numbers Namath would have put up with the receivers Tua and Jalen had would have been insane.
Everybody's stats looked like that back then![]()
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He was horribly inaccurate. And todays defense are light years better.
While that's true, it's impossible to take an athlete from 50 years ago and the way the game was played then and look at him in light of today's game. That doesn't take anything away from yesterday's stars. For instance, they didn't train year round 50 years ago. And the nutrition for today's athletes is unbelievable. I would prefer a 57 Chevy Impala over a new car even with the overall advances in automobiles. Namath belongs in the top three to me. There is a reason he was a superstar.![]()
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He was horribly inaccurate. And todays defense are light years better.
There is more to being a QB than throwing the ball 50 times a game. You have to figure in Leadership, winning, etc...This has to be another "within their era" question, because those guys in the early years simply cannot compare with a modern era QB. Who knows if they might have played better with modern training. Unknowable.
It would be interesting to see these modern qbs play with the rules they had back then as well.This has to be another "within their era" question, because those guys in the early years simply cannot compare with a modern era QB. Who knows if they might have played better with modern training. Unknowable.
These questions always are, or at least supposed to be, but every now and then someone without imagination will say, the 2022 Miami Dolphins would kill the 1972 Miami Dolphins. No doubt, but were the 2022 Dolphins a better team (relative to their time)?This has to be another "within their era" question, because those guys in the early years simply cannot compare with a modern era QB. Who knows if they might have played better with modern training. Unknowable.
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